Virtually every week we find news about someone breaking the record for efficiency of a solar cell, and while we have published some of them we haven´t posted them all, because that’s the difference between 25.7% and 25.8%, we do not really believe it is transcendent.
Generally these improvements in the efficiency of solar energy [...]
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Meraki, a company that sells systems worldwide WiFi, it just made much more wireless. As of December will be offering a router that works with solar energy to all customers. The bad, nothing that will not be cheap, the price will be $ 1,500.
The company is proud to serve its customers around the world, [...]
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According to the points of New Energy Finance in the UK, the price of solar silicon could drop as much as 43% next year and up from 67% in 5 years.
According to the report, silicon wafers maintain their value during 2009, but as demand grows, the price may drop to $ 6 wafer or $ [...]
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Fuel Miami LLC, a media company in Miami, is conducting a brilliant idea to grow your company and its advertisers in the city of Miami.
The company is installing 600 bus stops within solar in Miami, where they can put ads on their customers without any connection to the mains.
Each solar stop will save 2 tons [...]
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During the past two decades we have been experimenting with solar energy and we have improved, especially in Europe. We have greatly improved with new technologies that have become more efficient solar energy conversion to useful energy.
The results were quite good and the system has proven to be beneficial for both humans and the environment.
The [...]
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Scientists at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute have announced the development of an anti-reflective coating for solar panels that allows them to absorb more than 96% of the rays that reach them. This is a breakthrough, since the solar panels used today, most of silicon, only captures 67% of sunlight. According to its creators, this coating would [...]
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Articles about renewable energies like solar energy or wind energy from this week.
Renewable. Energy Will Be Cheaper Than Fossil Fuels
The technical secretary general of Abengoa, José Domínguez Abascal, today urged
Solar Energy, A Leading Technology Investment
Companies generating energy / electricity attracted the maximum investment across the
The Solar Sailor Solar Sails Will Be Tested In Chinese Cargo
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U.S. President, Barack Obama, announced the investment of 3,400 million dollars for the “smart” modernization for the national system of electrical distribution, as part of its project to promote the conversion to energy to “clean”.
Obama made the announcement from a factory producing solar energy in Arcadia, in the state of Florida which will have the [...]
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The solar module manufacturer Oerlikon Solar has developed a new process for solar thin film technology, they say, has increased the efficiency of solar cells from 7 to 16%. This development has increased by 50% its production capacity.
But why is this important? Thin solar films are cheaper to produce than normal silicon cells, but [...]
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The base of the United States Navy in Yuma, Arizona has set the unofficial record for a flight with pure solar energy in 82 hours and 37 minutes.
The plane took the solar energy from the solar panels on its wings during the day and lithium batteries at night, which carried them again during the day.
The [...]
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